Nevada trails · Tahoe Rim Trail
Tahoe Rim Trail
A 70.5-mile network in Nevada, with 2,257 ft of climbing. Reaches Relay Peak and other lake/pass/summit/viewpoint destinations. Managed by the U.S. Forest Service.
Elevation profile
The climbing is spread fairly evenly along the route. It gives back about 10,298 ft along the way, so it rolls rather than climbing steadily.
3-D terrain
USGS 3DEP ELEVATION × ESRI WORLD IMAGERY · VERTICAL ×1.5
Reaches
- Relay Peak (summit)
- Spooner Summit (pass)
- Mount Baldy (summit)
- Mount Rose Summit (pass)
- Mud Lake (lake)
- Twin Lakes (lake)
- McKenna Point (viewpoint)
- Marlette Lake Overlook (viewpoint)
Heads up
Getting there
H-T SPOONER SUMMIT PICNIC AREA/ TRT TRAILHEAD — parking nearby, restroom, water. About 21 min drive (13 mi) from Carson City. 39.10350, -119.89520 · directions
Daylight at the trailhead
On October 14, 2026 — the day this page was generated — first light reaches this trailhead at 6:41 a.m., the sun rises at 7:08 a.m. and sets at 6:22 p.m., and the last usable light fades about 6:49 p.m. (PDT) — 11 h 14 min of daylight. At about 2.7 mph plus 30 minutes per 1,000 feet of climbing, the 70.5-mile route works out to roughly 27 h 15 min of walking — more than a single day of daylight here, so plan it as an overnight or hike it in sections.
Loop options
- TRT N CANYON CAMPGROUND SPUR + TAHOE RIM TRAIL + Unnamed trail — 8.4 mi loop, 1,889 ft gain
- TRT: Tahoe Meadows to Spooner Summit + TAHOE RIM TRAIL — 10.3 mi loop, 1,836 ft gain
- TRT MARLETTE PEAK LOOP + TAHOE RIM TRAIL — 2.7 mi loop, 378 ft gain
Across the border
- Continues into CA as Tahoe Rim Trail — view on the map
Nearby trails
- Clear Creek Trail — 0.0 mi
- Hobart Rd — 8.1 mi
- Ophir Creek — 14.2 mi